Darac Marjal composed on 2017-08-07 11:20 (UTC+0100): > On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 04:16:05AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>>Google and man pages for apt, apt-config and apt.conf have gotten me nowhere >>in >>over an hour of searching how to keep apt output limited to the two screen >>colors in which it is running. Something like >> Apt::what-goes "here"; >>ought to do it in some file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/, but by what filename, and >>what are the magic strings? Google doesn't seem to want to show anything other >>than enabling, which is the apparent default that I want eradicated. > Try "APT::Color "false";". That was the last I tried with Stretch before giving up and posting here, in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99mono. Also fails in Sid. Could this somehow be coming from bash rather than apt? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
